How I make crude, low-quality, anti-clickbait videos

As 2160p "4K" video and slick production is rapidly becoming the norm, I went the opposite way, using a standard-definition camcorder and rudimentary editing on many of my videos, with anti-clickbait thumbnails. Yet somehow I still got over 150,000 views on a video about a clock radio... twice.

My Tapeless Camcorder Buyer's Guide: https://tinyurl.com/tapelesscamcorders
My unboxing and review of the Sony DCR-SX45/65/85 Handycams:    • Sony DCR-SX45/65/85 Handycam Unboxing & Re...  
Link to download Sony Picture Motion Browser: https://archive.org/details/pmb-5802
StereophonicStuff's more detailed video on using PMB:    • Sony's Unobtainable Version of Lightroom (...  
The directly uploaded, non-upscaled version of the Cassette Action Pak video:    • 1992 Cassette Action Pak (direct upload)  
Tutorial on using QTGMC de-interlacing:    • Deinterlacing with AVISynth and QTGMC Tuto...  

Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Camcorder and software
3:04 Lighting, microphone, and remote control
5:40 Recording
9:11 Notes and props
10:27 Editing
19:24 De-interlacing and upscaling
21:28 Thumbnails
22:08 Archiving
23:52 End screen

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